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3/14/2013 5:32:34 PM
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You betta check yo plug-ins
[url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/adblock-plus-secret-takedown/]Adblock Plus founder: Google used Reader outcry to hide our Google Play takedown[/url]
Since Google makes tons of money off of ads, it "makes sense" that they wouldn't want to encourage users of their products/services to have tools to block those income-producing ads.
So far, this is limited to Android devices, but I could see Google attempting to render Chrome less capable of blocking ads. IMO, it's probably just a matter of time.
So much for "don't be evil", eh?
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2 Replies[quote]So much for "don't be evil", eh?[/quote] Really Google is effectively neutral. They do good things but then they go and do stupid things. Then again by that same token, if you were faced with a person who was directly responsible for cutting your paycheck each week, would you just let it happen? Encourage him? No. Much as we hate it, ad money funds Google. It funds all the nice things that we like that Google provides. No money, no Google and no nice things. And somebody, we, have to pay for it. In this case, pay for it by viewing ads. Personally, I hate ads and think that Google should find a new revenue source but I'm trying to see both sides of the issue here.
